Excerpt from The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries, Vol. 1: History of the New Jersey Coast With Genealogical and Historic-Biographical Appendix Jersey, who, by their effort and with their lives, supported the infant Na tion, and brought it to a place among the great governments of the world. The position the State held in the momentous affairs of the middle portion of the Revolutionary -ar, when it was regarded by the veteran generals of King George as the key by which the continent was to be opened up again to British authority, was alone sufficient to exalt it to a position among the shrines of the nation, and it became one Of the spots upon which the struggle for liberty was most strenuously waged, and where it was shown that in military skill and finesse the Continentals were the equal of their adversaries, the veterans of many wars. It was there, too, that - on the glorious field of Monmouth - rose to the height of majesty as a soldier, and vindicated his right to be regarded as one of the greatest captains of his time or of any time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.